Minor e.V., a German migration research organization, and SIBIS Institut, a social research institute, are in the final stages of developing an online platform to support foreign workers in adjusting to life in Germany. The Digital Integration Assistant (DINTA) is the end-product of a research project funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (www.bmbf.de).

Initially geared toward healthcare workers from the Philippines and Spain, DINTA offers a range of tools, including detailed guides on preparing to move to Germany and living and working in the country; fora for users to discuss various topics with their colleagues; a glossary of key terminology related to nursing; and a tool through which they can seek practical advice from mentors. The website offers content in three languages: English, German, and Spanish.

In order to make DINTA more responsive to the needs of its intended users, Minor e.V. is inviting newly arrived Filipino workers in Germany to participate in an online survey about their experiences preparing for their move to Germany. The survey may be completed at www.soscisurvey.de/dinta2 and takes around 15 minutes to complete. The survey is anonymous and Minor e.V. is assuring the public that it will keep information provided confidential. Respondents will also receive a free online app on completing the survey, as a token of thanks from Minor.

More information about the project is available at http://www.minor-kontor.de/forschung/dinta.

The delegation visited the Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training in Bonn. Ambassador Melita Thomeczek with the Institute’s Deputy President Reinhold Weiß, (front, 4th from right) joined the group.

Berlin.A twenty-person delegation from the
Philippines recently crisscrossed Germany to get an in depth look at Germany’s
dual education system and to learn which elements of the German model could be
successfully incorporated into the Philippine setting. The group visited
Frankfurt, Berlin, Bonn and Stuttgart from 12 to 16 October 2015.

Tobias
Bolle, Project Director of Dual Training at the German-Philippine Chamber of
Commerce and Industry (GPCCI), helped organize the Philippine delegation with representatives
from the Department of Education, TESDA, Philippine Chamber of Commerce and
Industry (PCCI) and its local chapters as well as private PHL companies such as
TÜV Rheinland Philippines, BAG Electronics and CS Garments Inc..

The
study tour was part of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and
Development (BMZ) funded K-12 Plus Project, which is creating pilot models for
the vocational education and training track at PHL senior high school levels.

Tobias
emphasized that “strong cooperation
among private companies, schools and chambers is essential in the dual training
system in Germany; this is precisely what we want to recreate in the
Philippines - through the K-12 Project. The site visits enabled the delegates
to learn more and to get a deeper understanding of how this system works and
how it can be translated and implemented in their country through their
respective institutions.”

PH book industry comes together for world's biggest book fair in Frankfurt

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Monday, 19. October 2015

Drawing on the bayanihan spirit, the Philippine book industry made a collective pitch for the Philippines as 'The Best Source of Content in Asia' at the 67th Frankfurt Book Fair held on 14-18 October 2015 at the Messe Frankfurt on Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

With previous editions of the trade fair seeing only a handful of Philippine publishers participating, the Philippine collective booth this year was seen as a significant achievement, and one that is hoped to lead to a stronger Philippine presence in the world's biggest book fair in the coming years.the first-ever collective Philippine booth at the world’s biggest book fair.

Key players from the Philippine book industry came together to mount the first-ever collective Philippine booth at the world’s biggest book fair.

The Frankfurt Book Fair is an important platform to launch new titles and content, as well as to negotiate the international sale of rights and licenses. It brings together more than 7,000 exhibitors from more than 100 countries, including publishers, literary agents, authors, illustrators, media professionals, and trade associations.

The Philippines mounted its biggest participation yet in Anuga, the "World Food Market," from 10-14 October 2015 in Cologne (Koeln), Germany, with 35 homegrown companies jointly flying the FoodPhilippines banner and generating US$66 million worth of sales according to preliminary figures from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). Two other Filipino companies participated in the fair with booths of their own.

The Philippine Pavilion at the 33rd Anuga draws the eyes of visitors with the tropical colors of the country featured in the booth design.

Senator Cynthia Villar, chairperson of the Senate Committee on Food and Agriculture and author of various legislation on food safety, security, and sustainability, attended the exhibition together with officials of the DTI, the Department of Agriculture (DA), and the Philippine Embassy in Berlin.

Traditional exports such as frozen and canned tuna, dried mangoes, banana chips, virgin coconut oil, and other fruit and fish products dominated the Philippine showcase, while Malagos chocolate from Davao, organic muscovado sugar from Negros, and heirloom rice from the Cordilleras were some of the artisanal specialties represented from the different regions.

Philippine book industry takes to global stage in Frankfurt Book Fair 2015

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Tuesday, 6. October 2015

Philippine publishers are joining forces to bring Philippine content to a more global audience through a country booth at the 67th Frankfurt Book Fair (Frankfurt Buchmesse in German) on 14-18 October 2015 at the Exhibition Grounds on Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

The Frankfurt Book Fair is considered the world’s largest and most important event for the publishing industry. Every October, publishers, literary agent, authors, illustrators, media professionals, trade associations, and book lovers flock to Frankfurt for the five-day event that gathers thousands of exhibitors from over 100 countries to negotiate publishing rights and licensing.